Abstract
Patient groups with chronic autonomic failure and neuroimaging evidence of intact or absent cardiac sympathetic innervation had similar mean values for myocardial perfusion. Cardiac sympathetic outflow does not seem to contribute to coronary vascular resistance.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology*
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Coronary Vessels / innervation*
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Dopamine / analogs & derivatives
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Female
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Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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Sympathetic Nervous System / diagnostic imaging
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Vascular Resistance / physiology
Substances
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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6-fluorodopamine
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Dopamine